Cuspidor



F. R. COOK.

CUSPIDOR.

N FILED D APPLICAT 0.29, 1919. 1,362,474, Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

' and State of UNITED STATES FRANK B. COOK, 0F BAXTER SPRINGS; KANSAS.

. CUSPIDOR.

To all whom it may) concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. 0001;, a citizen of the United States,residing 'at Baxter Sprin s, in the county of Cherokee liansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which thefollowing is a specification.-

This invention relates to cuspidors, and has particular reference toimprovements in cuspidors adapted for use in automobiles or othervehicles.

The principal objects of the invention are; to provide a cuspidor of thetype indicated which is so constructed as to permit saliva, cigars, orcigarettes to pass immediately to the ground in order to keep the bodyof the cuspidor sanitary and clean; and to' provide means for supporting'cuspido-rs so that the same will not rattle or become displaced duringoperation of the vehicle.

With these obj ects and others in view which will appear as'the natureof the invention is better understood, the invention comprises thevarious novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, whichwill be more fully described hereinafter and set forth withparticularity in the claims appendedhereto.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of theinvention;

Figure 1 indicates a. portion of a vehicle body having the cuspidorwhich is the subject matter of the present invention carried therein. 85Fig. 2 is a detail sectional side view .of

the cuspidor showing the same mounted in the floor of a vehicle, and vFi 3 is a bottom plan view of the cuspidor etached.

Similar characters of reference indicate like or similar partsthroughout the several Y views of the drawings, in which A desig- Ynates generally anautomobile of conven- I tional type provided withseats B and flooring C, all of which are merel shown to illustrate theapplication of the invention.

In the present instance, the flooring B of the automobile is providedwith a glu'rality of openings 1 adjacent the seats within which aremounted funnel-like cuspidors, the open cylindrical depending neck 2 ofwhich extends through said openings and discharges onto thegroundbeneath the vehicle.

' Arranged radially relatively to the openings and preferably disposeddiametrically opposite each other are a plurality of springs 3 the otherends of which constitute Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920'.

Lpplication filed December 29, 1919. Serial No. 348,172.

shanks 4, secured as at 5 to the floo their free ends bent upwardly andown.- wardly as shown at 6 u on which the outwardly flared tops 7 0 thecuspidors are seated, said springs operating to hold the cuspidors 1noperative position and to prevent rattlm'g during, motion of thevehicle.

The flared'tops are beaded as at 8 and the C with widely differentembodiments of t 1s lnven- I tion could be made without'departing fromthe scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawin shall beinterpreted as illustrative and notm a limiting sense. It is also to beunderstood that the language used in the following claims is intended tocover allof the generic and specific features of. the invention hereindescribed and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as amatter of language, mi ht be said to fall therebetween.

What claim is y 1. The combination with a vehicle having a floor with ano ening therein, of a cuspidor seated in sai openlng and having a clindrical open neckextending through t e opening, a flared mouth carriedby said neck, and upwardly and downwardly bent supporting plate springsengaging the flared mouth' and secured to the floor in the inner-ends ofsaid springs being bent upwardly and then downwardly with theirterminals located in close. proximity to the opening and engaging thecuspidorto operate as securing means and as anti-rattlers for thecuspidor;

In testimony whereof, I aflix my: signature hereto.

FRANK R. COOK,

